Inspirational Quotes - Page 19

We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.

Those who travel to mountain-tops are half in love with themselves, and half in love with oblivion.

You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done.

If one makes a mistake, then an apology is usually sufficient to get things back on an even keel. However-and this is a big ‘however’- most people do not ever know why their apology did not seem to have any effect. It is simply that they did not make a mistake; they made a choice…and never understood the difference between the two.

It is when you lose sight of yourself, that you lose your way. To keep your truth in sight you must keep yourself in sight and the world to you should be a mirror to reflect to you your image; the world should be a mirror that you reflect upon.

Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.

No one invites you to the top - you have to claw your way up. When you get there, you will sit with the others who were also uninvited - giggling.

Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul.

A woman could be as beautiful as she felt herself to be.

I have a self-made quote: Celebrate diversity, practice acceptance and may we all choose peaceful options to conflict.

A woman can't do anything about her appearance. Either she's pretty or she isn't. But her character is quite another matter.

When I begin to doubt my ability to work the word, I simply read another writer and know I have nothing to worry about. My contest is only with myself, to do it right, with power, and force, and delight, and gamble.

If you want to be a writer, you have to write every day... You don't go to a well once but daily. You don't skip a child's breakfast or forget to wake up in the morning...

Maybe 'Okay' will be our 'always'...

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God.

Writing means not just staring ugliness in the face, but finding a way to embrace
it.

The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.

He who speaks without an attentive ear is mute.